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人教新目标初中英语九年级上学期期末复习短文选词填空练习
(选择合适的单词并用其正确形式完成短文)
一
win last surprise victory two in speed double pass when
One day two woodcutters argued which of them would cut more wood during a day. In the morning, the two men took up their positions. First they worked at one 1.. But 2. an hour one of them heard that the other one stopped cutting trees. Realizing that this was his chance, the first woodcutter started to cut trees with 3. efforts.
Ten minutes 4., and he heard that the second woodcutter started to work again. They were working almost synchronously (同步地), 5. the first woodcutter heard that his opponent (对手) stopped again. The first woodcutter continued working, feeling the smell of 6..
This 7. all day long. Each hour one of the woodcutters stopped, the other one continued to work. When time expired (终止), the first woodcutter who worked without any stopping, was sure he 8.. However, he cut less wood.
He was very 9. to know that was mistaken.
“How did that happen?” he asked his partner. “Each hour I heard that you stopped the work and rested for ten minutes. How could you cut more trees than I? It’s impossible!”
“It is very simple, in fact,” answered the 10. woodcutter. “Each time I stopped the work, I sharpened the axe when you were cutting the trees.”
二
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Would you like to go back and discover what life used to be like over a hundred years ago? Well, that is the subject of a TV program in the USA. It is 11. Frontier House. Three American families were chosen from 12. than 5, 500 families. They had to live in the hills of Montana for five months. The program has been watched by 28 million 13..
The families were given 14. own land. They followed the same way of life as their ancestors (祖先) over a hundred years ago in the Wild West. They could only use the tools and technology that existed at that time. They learnt many 15. skills. They became farmers